Tuesday, 3 March 2015

Profiles Adam Smith

Profile: Adam Smith

Species: Unknown parasitical alien

Episode Appeared in: S2 ‘Adam’

Enemy

Played by: Bryan Dick

‘Adam
Smith’ was the name the parasitical alien gave itself when he appeared in the
Torchwood Hub after spending an incredibly long time stranded in the void
trapped inside a small wooden box. It
fed on the memories of the team including Jack’s, drawing itself into existence
and becoming a corporeal figure. It
created a fake identity, melding itself into minds of those within the
Hub. It claimed it had worked for
Torchwood since 7th July 2005 and was born on 16th
November 1982. It implanted false
memories into Toshiko Sato, manipulating her to believe that she had been with
‘Adam’ for a year. Owen had completely
transformed into a male version of Toshiko.
It implanted memories into Ianto that he was a mass murderer, heading
out onto the streets of Cardiff
murdering women in back alleys, having ‘Adam’ help in the disposal of them. Jack’s memories took him back to
the BoeshanePeninsula, to his last moments with his
Dad and brother Gray. After Jack
went back through the CCTV files he discovered that ‘Adam’ had lied about his
association with Torchwood – there was no blood phial in the fridge that all
Torchwood staff had given at the start of their tenure with the organisation.

Jack gave
each of the team a strong Retcon pill that would erase the last 48 hours which
would remove the parasite from their memories.
To some it was easy, for others, such as Toshiko, saying goodbye to a man
who had made her feel special and loved was hard. Eventually even Toshiko took the pill.

In one last
attempt to save his life, Adam offered to take Jack back to his past, and the
last time he saw his dad. Manipulating
Jack’s memories, he put himself into Jack’s memories in the shape of a young
boy, destroying Jack’s real memories permanently. As Jack took the Retcon and passed out,
Adam’s physical body disappeared.